Apparatus for the making of crossfeed records



May 21; 1940. w; c. PFEIFFER 2,201,407

APPARATUS FOR THE MAKING OF CROSS-FEED RECORDS Original Filed Feb. 5, 1956- BYW p W) J ATTORNEYS Thev Em l stcr Company, Da t mm a corporation oi Ohio Original application February 5, 1936, Serial No. 62,463. Divided and this application February 5, 1937. Serial N0. 124,209

6 Claims. (01.197-132) This" invention relates to typing, maniiolding the present invention for use in connection with and similarmachines, and in particular, to dethe so-called front strike"- type' of machine. vices for making additional copies of the record, Figure 2-.is a cross section through the'platen and at the same time that the regular copies are and record strips of the device shown in Figure 1,

5 .inade. at a point immediately adjacent the type bar. 5 One object of this invention is to provide a v v T typing or similar printing machine, having means construction for taking d on the rewrde In generaL the apparatusof my invention conat the semeitime that h regular copies are madesists of a strip of material, either having a carbon enether object is te'previde e typing similar. coating on the back thereof, or having a separate 10 Printmg maemne with front-Striking type berscarbon strip associated therewith, the assembly in which Teemd strip ve transversely to the being made to traverse the 'typing'machine in a t employed in making the regular copies, direction transverse to the direction of motion of this reeeld strip being interposed, between the sheets of paper employed for making the regtype bars and the regulereepiee ular copies. [The supplementalicopy strips are 15 Another object is to provide an attachment :iorv adapted to make copies 'of a certain limited por a Wi machine hem-n5 item-striking type bars tion of the entire record made .on the regular and means fer making eddmenal copies ever copies, this limited portion containing certain those recul v e bir machine, these copies key information whichtit is advisable to obtain at being ade upon strips or copying material interimmediately, rather than to wait until the regular Posed between the type bars and the regular eeip" copies are returned to the person desiring this s information. For example, it is often advisable Anotherebjeet 1S te Provide such an attach to obtain production orshipping records, such as meet in which the mechanism i drivingly the name and address of the customer, the quanmeted end synmmzed for ePemti-m with the tity 'and nature of the goods ordered, the time of 25 machine for making the e l c delivery and such credit information as may be Mather Object is to Prevlde a typing end necessary. These data are recorded in a small famine machine having frent'smkmetype bars area on the regular carbon sheets and simultaen a in platen Nev-11d which move stripe of neously recorded upon the supplemental record material making the regular copies and a strip, which moves transversely thereto. The 3 strip of material mm/mg in a transverse direc supplemental record strips may be torn off from n relatively to the regular copies and inter time to time, and the information thereon transpeeed between the type and the platen for ferred to the person requiring it without the neen additional of certain of the cessity of sending that person complete. copies of ems made on the regular copiesthe entire forms made by the machine as awhole. 35

Another object of the invention is toprovide an The feeding mechanism fo the supplemental,

moment typing maimfoldme machine copy strips is operativ ely connected to the type- With front'stnkmg type wherein paper writer mechanism in such a manner that the two strip isfed transversely to the paper sheets con mechanisms are synchronized to work in stimtmg the regular copies this strip being pref .son. In the preferred embodiment of the feeding 4,0 Emmy pack'folded and beefing feeding means mechanism is operated by devices actuated. by @fi the typing machme m synchmmsm the motion of the platen of the machine. t crew I Another object is to provide mechanism of the Typing machine used for production of records Q5 type previously described for making an addii tional copy of portions of records produced in ;gg gg ggi g f i g g gg"sgggg igg gypmg Or 2 g f apparagus front of the record sheets It will be seen that eing cape. e 0 ng emp oye n connec on with machines having type bars which engage the supplemental records taken off by the device m t record sheets in front of the platen of this invention are made upon strips which This 1 3, divismn f my applicatign serial move transversely to the direction of motion of 62,463, filed February 5, i936. the regular record sheets.

In t drawing; -It will be understood that this principle and e 1 is a diagr method of making supplemental copies may be J or similar rin g machine embodying employed with a typing machine ofany kind, I

typewriter keys, and upon the opposite end 1 Each of the is mounted the type face 99. type levers 9|, of course, contains a different letter or character, the whole in assembly constituting the entire alphabet and such additional letters, numerals or characters as may be desirable for the particular kind of work which the machine is intended to produce. The particular mechanism for actuating the type levers 9| forms no part of the present invention, except as generally included in the combination of .the supplemental copying mechanism as a whole.

Associated with the type faces 99 and operated in synchronism therewith, are ribbon spools 93 and 94 mounted upon the shafts 95 and 98. The

spools 93 and 94 serve to carry the copying ribbon 92, which moves from one spool to the other in a manner understood by those skilled in the art. The mechanism for feeding the ribbon 92 in synchronism with the action of the type faces 99 likewise, in its details, forms no part of the present invention.

Upon the typewriter frame is mounted the platen frame 23 which supports the platen 28.

shafts 39 (Figure 1). Details of the platen and.

its associated parts likewise form no part of the present invention, it being understood that any suitable mechanism can be used for the purpose. The paper sheets employed in the making of the regular copies are designated 35, and interposed therebetween are carbon strips 36. Accordingly, when the assembly is fed beneath the platen 28 and the type faces 99 applied thereto by means of the typewriter keys, an impression is transferred from the ribbon 92, which passes between the type faces 99 and the record sheets, to the upper sheet 35 and thence, by means of the interleaved carbon sheets 39, to the remaining paper sheets 35 therebeneath. As the typing continues it will be understood that the platen moves transversely in. a conventional manner,

this transverse motion spacing the typing properly in each line thereof. By other conventional mechanism the lines of type may be spaced from each other, such as by turning the knobs 29 to rotate the platen shaft 39.

The record sheets'35, however, contain the enand also easily usable, as well as obtainable in- J dependently of the regular record sheets 39.

Supplemental com/inn attachment The supplemental copying attachment of invention includes a delivery pack 49 for supplying the untyped strip and a receiving pack 4| for receiving the typed strip, both being mounted on the platen frame. The delivery pack 49 contains a zigzag folded paper strip 43, which may beeither a single strip having a carbon or other suitable copying composition upon one side thererollers 95, 91, 98 and 99 and downwardly around the oblique rollers I99 and MI, and in front of the ribbon 92, thence upwardly over the guide rollers I92 and I93, between the feed rollers I94 and I95 on the shafts I96 and I91, respectively. Consequently, when one of the typewriter keys is operated and the type face 99 caused to strike the ribbon 22, the latter transfers the impression to the supplemental record strip 49 and this in turn transfers a record from its carbon strip 44 to the outer paper record sheet 35. The ad ditional copies aremade by the transfer of this impression through the carbon sheets 39 to the various record sheets 35 behind the first record sheet 35.

The feed roller shafts I99 and I9! carry pinions 13 and I4, meshing withone another. The shaft I9I carries a bevel gear I5 which meshes with a bevel gear I8 upon a shaft 11 carrying a ratchet wheel 18. Loosely mounted upon the shaft I1 is an additional gear I9, carrying a pawl 89 engaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel I8. A spring (not shown) urges the pawl 89 into engagement with these teeth. The shaft 11 and associated gear mechanism is rigidly fastened to the typewriter frame, and gear I9 meshes with the rack 21 secured to theplaten frame 23 which moves to and fro in the usual manner when typewriting.

ills: ribbon 92, thencebetween the feed rollers attachment shown in supplemental record strip gage the paper more firmly and with less slippage (Figure l) After emerging from between the feed rollers I94 and I95 the strips 43 and 44'may be received ,in any suitable manner, such as by allowing thepaper strips 43 to form a second zigzag pile or receiving pack 4|. Ordinarily, however, the operator tears off the end of each strip as it projects from between the feed rollers I94 and I 99, and transfers these to any suitable container, from which they may be withdrawn at intervals throughout the day. As the regular record sheets are typed, by operating the typewriter keys, the platen 28 moves to the left in the usual manner, thereby causing the gear I9 meshing with the rack 21 likewise to move to the left. This rotates the gear 19, which in turn, operates the pawl 89 and ratchet "I8 to rotate the feed rollers I94 and I95 by means of the bevel gears 15 and I6 and the piniohs I:

44 are threaded over the and I95. The latter are provided with corrugations I98, by which they are adapted to en-- come within the scope of the claims and the and I4. The feed roller I04 is caused to yieldingly engage the strips 43 and 44 on the opposite side from the roller I05 by means of its resilient, mounting in the platen frame, and urged downwardly by coil springs (not shown). The corrugations I08 engage the strips 43 and 44 to prevent slippage, and the rotation of the feed rollers I06 and I05 causes the strips 43 and 44 to be fed to the left, as shown in Figure '1.

In this manner the operator obtains a supplemental record of certain data whiclrrnay be desired, without waiting for the regular forms 35 to be returned through the usual channels. The record 2 rips 43, for example, may be employed temporarily in the factory for purposes of cost accounting, for .tracing pending orders or for coordinating production with sales. The large record sheets 35, however, are ordinarily sent to the accounting division of the company, where the comprehensive sales records are made use of. When the. platen 28 reaches the extreme lefthand limit of its travel and is pushed backwardly to the right by the operator, the action of the ratchet I8 and pawl 80 prevents the backward feeding of the recordstrip 43. It will be obvious that spools may be employed to carry the strips 43 and 44 in place of the zigzag pack form shown in. the drawing.

Summarizing the operation of the invention as used in connection with a front strike" model of typewriter, therefore, when the typewriter keys are struck by the operator, the type faces and type levers 9I move vertically into engagement with the front of the ribbon 92, the latter being carried, as previously stated, upon spools 93 and 9% on the vertical shafts 95 and 96. The record strip I3 and carbon strip 44 are mounted at any suitable position on the machine, such as in the folded pack 40shown' in Figure 1, and pass forwardly over the guide rollers 91, 38 and 99 and downwardly around the oblique rollers I00 and MI, and in front of the ribbon 92.. Beyond the oblique roller "IN the assembly moves upwardly over the guide rollers I02 and I03, between the feed rollers I04 and I05, and is deposited in a second pack M, if desired, or else the individual lengths'are torn off from'time to time, in accordance with the wishes of the operator. The feed rollers I04 and I05 mounted on the shafts I00 and I01, respectively, are driven by the mechanism operated by therack 21 and gear I9, in the manner previously described.

In the operation of the machine shown in Figures l and 2, the carbon strip 44 is outermost in the typing position and is therefore engaged directly by the type face 90 and transfers a portion of its coating to the supplemental strip 43 therebeneath (Figure 2). The force of the impact of the type face 90 is transferred through the ribbon 92 to the outermostfrecord sheet 35, and thence inwardly to the other record sheets 35 by means of the carbon sheets 36 interleaved therebetween.

Optionally, the supplemental record may conafter one set of forms has been typed.

It will b understood that I desire to compre hend within my invention such modifications as relatively to said type, a platen on said carriage,

means for supporting a main record on said platen in front of said type, means for holding a pack comprising a relatively narrow zigzag folded supplemental record strip having a width adapted for receiving a single line only of typed characters, means for supporting said record strip in position across said main record in front of said type, means for guiding and directing said record strip from its pack through a position for receiving the impressions from said forward- I ly-striking type, means for supplying a duplieating agent in association with said record strip,

and means for feeding said record strip transversely across said main record and in front of said type.

2. In combination in a front-strike typing machine, a typing device having front-striking type associated therewith, a carriage movable relatively to said type, a platen on said carriage, means for supporting a main record on said platen in front of said type, means for holding a pack comprising a relatively narrow zigzag folded supplemental record strip having a width adapted for receiving a single line only of typed characters, means for supporting said record strip in position across said main record in front of said type, means for guiding and directing said record strip from its pack through a position for receiving the impressions from said forwardlystriking type, means for supplying a duplicating agent in association with said record strip, and means for feeding said record strip transversely across said main record and in front of said type, said duplicating agent comprising a strip of duplicating material folded in zigzag form.

3. In combination in a front-strike typing machine, a typing device havingfront-striking type associated therewith, a carriage movable relatively to said type, a platen on'said carriage, means for supporting a main record on said platen in front of said type, means for holding a pack comprising a relatively narrow zigzag folded supplemental record strip having a width adapted for receiving a single line only of typed characters, means for supporting said record strip in position across said main record in front of said type, means for guiding and directing said record strip from its pack through a position for receiving the impressions from said forwardlystriking type, means for supplying a duplicating agent in association with said record strip, and means for feeding said record strip transversely across said main record and in front of said type, said duplicating agent comprising a strip of duplicating material folded-in zigzag form, said zigzag folded duplicating strip and said zigzag folded record strip being folded together in close engagement with each other in a com mon pack.

'4. In combination in a front-strike typing machine, a typing device having front striking type associated therewith, a carriage movable relatively to said type, a platen on said carriage, means for supporting a main record on said platen in front of said type, means for supplying a relatively narrow zigzag folded supplemental record strip to said platen for receiving impressions by said front striking type, said strip having a width adapted for receiving a single line only'of typed characters, means for guiding said supplemental.

' associated therewith, a carriage movable rela-' tively to said type, a platen on said carriage, means for supporting a main record on said platen in front of said type, means for supplying a relatively narrow zigzag folded supplemental record strip to said platen for receiving impressions by said front striking type, said strip having a width adapted for receiving a single line only of typed characters, meansfor guiding said supplemental record strip in a path perpendicular to its path across said main record and, lengthwise of said platen, means for supplying a duplicating agent in association with said record strip, means responsive to the motion of said carriage in one direction for feeding said record strip transversely across said main record in front of said type, and means responsive to the motion of said carriage in the opposite direction for maintaining said feeding means inactive during said opposite direction of motion.

6. In combination in a front-strike typing machine, a typing devicehaving front striking type associated therewith, a carriage movable relatively to said type, a platen on said carriage,

means for supporting a main record on said platen in front of said type, means for supplying a relatively narrow zigzag folded supplemental record strip to said platen for receiving impressions by said front striking type,-said strip havinga width adapted for receiving a single line only of typed characters, means for guiding said supplemental record strip in a path perpendicular to its path across said main record and lengthwise of said platen, means for supplying a duplicating agent in association with said record strip, and means for feeding said record strip transversely across said main record and in front of said type, said guiding means including devices adapted to guide said supplemental record strip downwardly from said supplying means perpendicularly thereto across said main record and upwardly to a delivery position.

WHLIAMQPFEIFFER. 

